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weapon. Yet two nights from now I shall have prodired weapons 

 by selling you as slaves." 



He then went away by canoe. He started at once with his younger 

 ))rothers toward the south. And they concealed their canoe some dis- 

 tance down the inlet from the fort. They then went up into the 

 woods. After the}^ had gone along for a while Alder led them across 

 a point covered with trees. 



After he had gone inland he came to a storehouse. And, having 

 thrown aside some skins and hides'^ stored there, [he came to] a box 

 of sea-otter tails that was among them. They afterward went away. 



They started to watch by the fresh water opposite the fort. When 

 the tide rose high some people came singing from the fort. There 

 were three young women and a man of goodl}^ size. 



They then began to shoot at them. They killed the man and one 

 woman and enslaved the two others, and they went off in their canoe. 



From the fort they heard his gun go off. The}^ were in canoes in 

 lines, awaiting him. He then went into the midst [of them]. And, 

 when he came near, they moved apart for him. He passed through. 

 He sang a fleeing song:"* "Waho-o-o he-ooo waho-o-o he-o-o-o-|-." 



And after he had fled for a time one of the Ninstints men held his 

 hand toward him with fingers outspread." And he said: '' 1 wonder to 

 what place of safety Alder is paddling." Then he answered: ""Slave, 

 Hemlock-bark-scraping-knife, chase me as fast as 3"ou can. Kill me 

 as soon as you can." 



And, when they came up to the place where the}^ had killed the 

 chief, thev talked one to another. They became frightened. "He is 

 leading us to enemies near })y; he is leading us to enemies." They 

 then went back away from him. And he easily escaped them. 



He reached home and set ashore the two slaves for GinA'skilas. 

 They took the two slaves to Skedans*^" to sell them, and traded them 

 for guns and ammunition only. They gathered ammimition for war 

 as one collects food. 



Now for a long time the war went along slowly. By and by the 

 war expedition started. After they had paddled along for a while 

 they came near the fort in the night. There was no noise of talking at 

 the fort, and they felt strange about it. And they let morning dawn 

 upon them opposite the fort. And when it dawned they saw that the 

 fort was empty, and they went to it. Nearly all of the property lay 

 in the houses. They then burned down the fort. The}' burned the 

 houses. They had no idea why the people had gone. 



And, after they had started out of the inlet, they stopped at a large 

 bed of kel[). All made themselves fast to the kelp with their paddles. 

 Then Qlfi'siek ■'' began to perform m a canoe as a shaman does. 

 After he had performed for a while he began to whip the souls of the 



